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The damn thing powered on and stayed on. It did this the 1 other time I left it unplugged for a few days but when I woke up the next day it was not working (making the rev-ing sound of fans and/or hd booting for a fraction of a second, then dying, then retrying). I'll have to wait until it fails to tell you if the lights on the front come on while it attempts to turn on.

Rich, thanks for the link!

P Smith, your more technical posts are what I thought I would find at this forum in the first place. Tomorrow if you still think its a good idea (after reading what I just said) I will figure out how to do what you have suggested.

If someone is going to the trouble of measuring voltage coming out of a power supply trying to figure out if its bad. They might as well go ahead and do component level repair instead of searching ebay for a used one. Much cheaper and might actually learn something doing it that way, if they don't make it explode instead.

I replaced capacitors on a monitor. I didn't know **** about it but it was such a common problem there was a guide I followed like a good monkey. IS there one for this?

P Smith, your more technical posts are what I thought I would find at this forum in the first place. Tomorrow if you still think its a good idea (after reading what I just said) I will figure out how to do what you have suggested.

What Link did Rich give you as I would like to have that Link also as I guided Rich to PSmith to get PS Info from him so can you share that Link with me also?

What Link did Rich give you as I would like to have that Link also as I guided Rich to PSmith to get PS Info from him so can you share that Link with me also?

I didn't send him the link, Rich. I just told him I found a cheap working (supposedly, it is eBay, after all) 24-200 that he could buy and cannibalize for parts. It "probably" has a good PS. Worth a shot anyhow.

I didn't send him the link, Rich. I just told him I found a cheap leased working (supposedly, it is eBay, after all) 24-200 that he could buy and cannibalize for parts. It "probably" has a good PS. Worth a shot anyhow.

That's OK I'm sure.

The visual image of RichieRich doing "surgery" inside an HR24 would closely resemble a MASH episode most likely.

I didn't send him the link, Rich. I just told him I found a cheap leased working (supposedly, it is eBay, after all) 24-200 that he could buy and cannibalize for parts. It "probably" has a good PS. Worth a shot anyhow.

Rich

Unless I'm reading this wrong, I don't think anyone should be buying a leased receiver for parts...that would be "bad". An owned one, ok...

Unless I'm reading this wrong, I don't think anyone should be buying a leased receiver for parts...that would be "bad". An owned one, ok...

Neither eBay nor D* apparently cares much about what's sold on eBay. I've talked to the Access Card folks about this and they say there's not much that can be done (a paraphrase, of course). eBay, naturally, does absolutely nothing to help D*. If the only way to get a PS is to buy an HR for ~ $50 on eBay, then I gotta say go for it. Not all of them are leased, I call ACT practically everyday while trolling eBay for owned HRs.

1. In the original post I forgot to mention one time after leaving it unplugged for a few days the receiver worked when I plugged it up. When I woke up the next day it was doing that reving up noise and trying to boot over and over just like it did the other times.

2. I put in the new power supply unit and the same thing happened as in #1. It worked for about 10 hours.

3. without the top on I see that the fan does not run 100% of the time. Does it cut off possibly in a passive mode when less heat is beign produced or is there a fan/mainboard problem?

4. Can I try the hard drive from the unit I bought on ebay for parts? Do I need to format it first so it doesn't try to boot as normal? (I heard the receiver preps the drive and fixes everything with a new drive but with one that was previously used in a hr24-200 I thought it might be a recipe for disaster.

5. The 2tb drive I bought is too thick for the HR24-200. Any recommended solutions?

1. In the original post I forgot to mention one time after leaving it unplugged for a few days the receiver worked when I plugged it up. When I woke up the next day it was doing that reving up noise and trying to boot over and over just like it did the other times.

2. I put in the new power supply unit and the same thing happened as in #1. It worked for about 10 hours.

3. without the top on I see that the fan does not run 100% of the time. Does it cut off possibly in a passive mode when less heat is beign produced or is there a fan/mainboard problem?

4. Can I try the hard drive from the unit I bought on ebay for parts? Do I need to format it first so it doesn't try to boot as normal? (I heard the receiver preps the drive and fixes everything with a new drive but with one that was previously used in a hr24-200 I thought it might be a recipe for disaster.

5. The 2tb drive I bought is too thick for the HR24-200. Any recommended solutions?

Thanks for all the responses!

Damn, I thought the PS was the problem for sure. Yeah, you can take out the HDD from the other HR and try it. Probably won't make any difference, but it's worth a shot. It should boot right up. I think it might be time to give up on the 200 and get a replacement.

Update: I pulled the power cord without putting it in sleep mode first and it broke again. It would just rev-up for 2 seconds, and try again, and try again. I left it alone for a few days and just like the other 2 times it mysteriously started. I have left the top off the receiver and I have not yanked the cord out at an inappropriate time for 2-3 weeks and I only had 1 problem. I walked in the room one day and the receiver was unresponsive. In the past when it had a problem I would walk in and find it trying to rev-up over and over. This was just like it was dead. But I hit the reset button and everything was fine.

I realize this topic is dead but it might help someone else doing a search in the future. Thanks again for the help.

You should never just pull the plug on your dvr if you can help it. You shouldnt even do it when you "put it to sleep". The correct method if you want to pull the plug and do a clean shutdown, is to go into the menu and choose restart receiver, be careful NOT to choose reset receiver. It will after a minute or so turn off all the lights on the unit and begin to restart, then pull the power cord before the lights come back on. If your dvr is completely unresponsive to remote commands, then the red button reset should be used. Only pull the plug as a last resort.